The diplomatic war of independence between Iraq and its northern region Kurdistan is escalating rapidly, with the flashpoint for armed conflict being the Kirkuk oilfield on the boundary between the two sides. While both sides have pulled back some of their troops poised for conflict recently, 2014 could be decisive...

The next Big Thing in oil and gas is... water. It's one of the industry's biggest threats, and one of investors' biggest opportunities.  It's an emotional issue for everybody, and has the potential to be THE galvanizing political force in the North American oil patch in 2012. Consider these statistics: each...

by +Keith Schaefer In part one I wrote about the 3 oil patch sub-sectors I'm most bullish on, and how I'm trading them: refineries, oilfield services, and heavy oil producers. Today, my outlook for the remaining oil and gas sub-sectors—from best to worst... LIGHT OIL PRODUCERS Here's the dilemma with them: improvements in fracking...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - may be the cause of groundwater pollution in a Wyoming community.

Canadian brokerage firm Canaccord Genuity recently released a report maintaining its BUY recommendation and C$6.25 target share price for oil and gas company Pinecrest Energy (PRY:TSXV).

Domestic production of oil in the United States increased at the fastest rate of any country between 2008 and 2010, and grew much more quickly than the country's closest competitor, Russia.

Daylight Energy Ltd. (DAY:TO) has invested $100 million to obtain rights to drill for Alberta Duvernay shale oil.

Bakken oil production has already declined in 2015.  There is compelling evidence that this decline is going to accelerate significantly in the next couple of months. If that happens the recovery we have seen in oil prices in recent weeks is also going accelerate. Being as the market likes the fact...